Gene Utt, 66.Willows, Calif. .."I've had this hat ever since I was a little kid - probably when the Niners were playing at Kezar - years ago and I always had it. It's starting to fade out, so I have to wear it inside out now.".."When I was a young kid growing up we only had one channel on TV and they got the 49ers. There were only two teams on the West Coast anyway, the Niners and the Rams. So you become a Niner fan and that's it."..taken at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 less

Gene Utt, 66.Willows, Calif. .."I've had this hat ever since I was a little kid - probably when the Niners were playing at Kezar - years ago and I always had it. It's starting to fade out, so I have to wear it ... more

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Josh Turcotte, Whitehorse, Yukon

Josh Turcotte, Whitehorse, Yukon

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Sergio Rocha, Watsonville

Sergio Rocha, Watsonville

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Here's some of what we saw and heard when we visited with 49ers fans at the Stick

Dianna: I'm a Niners fan "because they're a great team, and it feels like home because we're from the area." John: "I am from Massachusetts. I was never a Patriots fan, so I always like the Niners."

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